Rabbit and Blackberry Stew Cooked on a Wood Gas Stove. Canoeing with My Dog Maggie. 

"He very kindly shot it" Choked on my drink at that phrase. Love the video as always Simon

Another fantastic video from the archive. Melts my heart to see Maggie x

Well this has brightened up a really boring night at the Travelodge while I’m working away. Dreaming of getting out into the countryside now 😊 Enjoyed that Simon, thanks for sharing

Maggieeeee looking good 💕 as for the rabbit - yummy, our national dish 😋 xx

Can't tell who enjoys your cooking more you or Maggie.

Maggggggiiiiiieeeeeee!! Laughing my butt off watching her eyes go from the rabbit, to you, to the rabbit, to you. LOL As to the gasifier stove commentary, you are one of the few people that as ever spoken about packing the stove well vertically and doing a top fire ignition. I saw RU-vid video where a guy showed this very well, and he got an excellent burn from it, without repacking every 37 seconds, without constant attention, etc. Cheers.

Maggies face as you talked through the ingredients was just brilliant!!😄

it's too easy to dismiss stuff about nature as fluffy, nowadays it's radical to b e outdoors. long live Simon, a bloke in the woods!

Wonderful,I love seeing Maggi...I must try blackberry with meat I've never thought of that.

Great video Simon As always Maggie is a doll!

Your cooking is my happy place

There are a lot of people on here with very nice carbon fiber canoes but there is a lot to be said for an old school wooden boat. You have a handsome boat!

Just as a cowboy of Wild west America. Make some delicious food. Eat and then relax with Hat on face. And with a loyal friend like Maggie 😀

Maggie is a huge dog I’ve always wanted a Newfoundlander there beautiful dogs

Great Vid pal. Opinels and Zebra billys just rock. Bushcraft doesn't need to be expensive

Another lovely video. I have never successfully cooked rabbit, maybe I will give it another go. I am amazed you said the wood cat-litter was ok as cat-litter. About 30 years ago when I had 2 new kittens that were supposed to be house trained and I decided to try the wood litter (maybe a different formula but looks the same) both cats refused to use litter tray and weed next to the litter tray. Eventually I sussed that the reason they did it was when weeing, the urine soaked into litter, expanded and made it very uncomfortable for kittens with little legs. Dumped that stuff in favour of clay type litter and all was well. Looking at your comments at the end of video I can't help thinking that wood pellets are totally useless!

Hi Simon loved the video,and the christmas lunch vids,cheers blue.

Rabbit and bramble stew!!!!! hummmmmmm, nice

Another great wee video 😎

Lovely, great video!

Great video. When you mentioned rabbit being tough you've had in the past I think it is because the rabbit we get here can be old as usually shot and have no idea of age when I was in Malta rabbits are bred to eat and it was always tender and amazingly tasty. In ww2 there was no meat in Malta and rabbits were dropped of for troops to eat and became a national dish shallow fried in garlic, white wine then chicken stock tastes amazing.

A good dog: She loves your cooking but doesn't beg.

You give Maggie a wonderful life. It's lovely to see the love you share xx

Lovely that you shared it with Maggie too. . She loved it

Really like your adventures when I myself can't always get into the woods. Always a pleasure seeing Maggie's reactions to the food and the environment

I loved the way Maggie looked up when you mentioned sausages... as always great video, cheers Simon

Loved this video, thank you. The opinel worked like a charm ! Well done mate, cheers!

What a fabulous inspiring video. Thank you for creating and sharing

Don’t know what scene was better- Maggie eating her stew, the shot of your beautiful canoe, or your finished stew. All beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Terrific day for you and Maggie! Thanks for sharing the cooking and stove info. Interesting options with that stove; I enjoyed learning about the stove, and loved watching Maggie. As always it was great to see you in the canoe on a river. Hope it was as much fun for you as it was to watch. Thanks for another great video.

Brilliant video Simon. Thanks for sharing!

Such a lovely dog. Makes me miss my dog buddy.

Please can you create a playlist of videos featuring Maggie? Videos featuring her are fantastic as it combines my love of your videos and my puppy's love of watching dogs on the TV!

Another great video Simon. Always look forward to your videos. 👍👍👍

Beautiful boat and dog. The stew looked tasty. All in all the video was a cracking success. Always enjoy watching and learning from a master. Be safe and well

Great video Simon, nice bit of info about the gas stove at the end 👍😁

Nice one, Simon. I love rabbit stew, great bit of scoff. Thanks for sharing, take care.

So wonderful to see Maggie out with you on this canoeing adventure. That stew sure looked yummy.

Cimbrer Bushcraft uses a wood gas stove which he always preloads with wood thats about thumb size and put timber on top for a burn down fire seem to work very well, good interesting vid as always Simon. another jealous watcher. Thanks Steve

Great video enjoyed the video like the wood gas stove love Maggie she is a great Star

Wood Gas Stove , awesome .

wooowww love it simon atlast u bring puppy🐕😍♥️

Well done on another great video. I was waiting for Mags to jump out at the swans but she was great.

You really do go to some beautiful places!!! Love your videos, and look forward to the next instalment!!! All the best!!! 😎

Looks delicious! Great day out with the dog!

Maggie seems very well behaved,

Hi Simon. That stew looked the business, I would never have thought of adding blackberries and nettles, yummy! Thanks again for sharing mate. Take care. Steve. 👍👍

Great little spot for a tasty meal and relaxing.

Another enjoyable video. I’m think you put out some great content and looking forward to some more.

Great video and well done Maggie!

Class! Loved it!! Just got myself a German pup tent, quite roomy 👍

As always Simon a superb film. The rabbit stew looked really delicious and quite clearly Maggie thought so to. Cheers Simon and I’m awaiting your next adventure with Maggie. 🛶

Looks great. I can almost take it from here. Thanks for sharing.

Well you pronounce Saucisson Sec like a real french ! Nice !

You made a good job of that canoe, great vids 👍

That stew looked very tasty never thought of blackberries in a rabbit stew mmmm love ya canoe and a great video Simon atvb jimmy 😎 😎

Looks like a great day. The wood pellets would make sense especially for those of us in the desert where there is little firewood & we are strongly discouraged from burning it. Yes, a bit of fruit in savoury dishes makes an extra layer of flavor & nutrition. Nice recipe.

Really enjoyed this video Simon! Love your canoe, it's amazing. Maggie is just so adorable. Atb Pops

Good video. I've been struggling to think of something different to eat on a wild camp. This is my next meal ⛺⛺⛺⛺⛺

Thank you , Simon . 🐺 Loupis Canis .

Great trip there Simon! That looks to be that same secret island that you guys camped on in your last video. Thanks for sharing!

Brilliant video well done 👍🏻

Love your channel Simon, thanks for sharing. The nettles don't bring much in flavour but they have more iron than spinach and tonnes of vitamins so always worth throwing in. I've made a few nettle soups before but impossible to do in the bush as you need a blender.

Enjoyable and quality video again, many thanks. We have started to raise rabbits here for food, we limit the young ones exercise so the meat is better, the more exercise they get the tougher the meat is. Our dogs love rabbit as well preferring it to chicken, we have also saved the pelts which we will try to work/tan when we have time later.

That looked mint pal I love rabbit stew never made one out side but thing it's going to happen now cheers for sharing 🖐🖐

Another fine video... Tweaking is half the fun... I'm thinking of taking a bit of string and making a tight little bundle the diameter of the burner I made after watching your video on diy stoves. In about 2 years 6 months (or sooner) I retire. Then I'm going to live this stuff. I may get my own maggie if the wife won't come along... :)

I had to watch this video when I saw it was Rabbit, as my dad used to raise New Zealand whites for food. We ate a lot of Rabbit! LOL.. Enjoyed your outdoor trip with Maggie, cheers!

Another great videos Simon. I did venison and blackberry stew recently, they do go very well with game.

Saucisson sec! I await a gourmet meal from a knowledgeable cook. Blackberries, too! I am an avocational home cook with vast experience in expensive restaurants, spanning decades. This will be a first-time exposure to this fine dish! "Knorr" did I know about the 'Stockpot' product. All that and the wonderful outdoors as well! The tips on the cat litter fuel are OUTSTANDING. Your stove fix is one the manufacturer could consider.

Aaah, an idyll _and_ proper scran. Super!

Great to see Mags out and about again , thought for a seconds she would be after those swans ! Hope your well mate.

I recently tried the same fuel in my woodgas stove and had the same thoughts. I've made a small basket from an old seive but I haven't tested it as yet. My dog would be a nightmare in a canoe I'd have to strap her in lol. Thanks for sharing a lovely day out.

Never cooked blackberry with meats , but like blackberry raw or with fried meats . Tender venison fried , hot biscuits, fried potatoes and muskadine jelly is a favorite with me

Hi Simon That’s a recipe worthy of celebrity master chef ...I’ve eaten 100’s of rabbits in various sauces etc but never blackberries ‘ I will give it a bash though, I will be trying some wild haggis in a couple of weeks ..recipe to follow... another very enjoyable video dude

Hi Simon, I’m a dog lover and a outdoor lover too. I recommend off amazon a sweetie hands free dog lead. I use them with my Labradors. So when your carry things you can put on the hands free lead, but still have her attached to you.

Wonderful way to spend the day! I've never had rabbit, but your stew looked yummy. And your canoe is absolutely beautiful... truly a work of art. And well done Maggie! lol Cheers! :)

That was a great cookout! Sounds like you were expecting Maggy to take you for a swim lol. My dogs get excited as well cause they hunt so I sometimes have to get mad at them to stay put, the muskrats are the worst for my dogs cause they will swim right up to the canoe. Another great vid Simon👍

Thanks for this video. You basically did what I prefer to do - get out, have a bite, relax ... while messing about with various skills.

Just found your channel simon, from Andy’s Kent survival. Really enjoyed this. Vid. Great canoe you have, and Maggie is so well behaved. Bet she loves being out with you. Thanks Simon Have subbed you.

Your videos are excellent Simon. I came across you as I watch Kent Survival but I think I now prefer your videos. No offence Andy :-).

Love it, glad you convinced me to retry my wood gas stove

Another entertaining and informative video. Deeply into/almost the end of raspberries both red and black, blackberries and elderberries here (Colorado), earlier than usual by a week. Cottonwood trees on the plains and aspens up in the hills over 9000 feet are just beginning to turn. Autumn is on its way.

Nice one Simon, I could just about taste that lot. Once upon a time I had thought about using blackberries and blackberry liquor in a creamy sauce for gamey stuff....I think I'll give it some more thought. Aye some really fine flavours of the countryside going on there...great stuff, cheers 👍

Great video my friend Sir Simon! That rabbit sure did look larruping! Growing up as a young boy, rabbit was are main meat during the winter. Squirrel was second. I shot my first rabbit at age 11-12 with now my 22 Remington single shot. Shot it right between the eyes! My Dad was elated! We would ride the hedge rows in winter's snow. The rabbits were less active. One day we harvested 23 rabbits. My Mom would cook (skillet fry) rabbit with salt, pepper and garlic salt. Served with mashed potatoes and gravy! Tasted better than chicken!

Looks great simon ill have to try that. When i load my firebox stove i put a bit of a branch or a bottle or tube ( whatever i have a hand ) the fill up the stove then slowly pull the branch out. Making it into a sort of Swedish fire stove, Most of the time it never collapses in on itself. I hope this helps keep up thd great work

Love Maggie.......

I am jealous of your island getaway Simon.. food looked top notch.. easy on the pepper though ;) haha

I always use pellets in my wood stoves (5), also in my Biolite. The mods that you mentioned will improve things. Love the dog.

Another great adventure well done. 3/4 bunnies are always the best eating but can die hard... Further to a previous msg re cat litter, my stove a Wild Woodgas Stove - Budget Model, also has holes the little pellets can fall out. I use a stainless collapsable steamer with fold out leaves under the stove and let the debris fall. Great bit of kit £2.00 @ Aldi. Various other sites sell them it too. IKEA one is poor quality. Lots of small perforations to aerate and small legs with spherical feet keep it orf the ground... More aeration...Used it with coals too and grilliput BBQ Keep up the good work

Another great video. With wood gas stoves it looks like the wood gas is coming up the sides and in through the holes, but it's actually just hot air. The wood gas comes off the top of the fire but without the air it would escape as smoke.

Chef Simon, a bloke in the woods. :) Looked good!

Another good one Simon, we were out on the Waveney this morning, the duck weed was really thick!

This very important phenomenal bushcarft channel and the video he’s makes are great phenomenal way to help people learning their bushcraft skills and learning activities about outdoors and to be education about wildlife and wilderness and I am glad to support this phenomenal man and his experience bushcraft channel and just best one for RU-vid and blackberry also nice in apple crumble 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🤴🤴🤴🤴🤴🤴🤴🤴🤴🤴🤴🤴🤴🤴🤴🤴🤴👸🤴🤴🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🤴👏👏👏👏

Maggie is such a sweetheart! My dogs are good guys, BUT, when food is around I am reminded of a survivor in a life raft surrounded by prowling sharks. LOL I always share, and they wait patiently but attentive. (and between them I'm sure there is the shard thought ... "you bump the table, I'll grab the meat, and we'll share once we are outside)

Great video Simon not sure about the cat litter pellets tho I buy the bio pellets specifically made for wood stoves and wood burners

YUM!!!

You could make a basket to keep the pellets away from the air vents. Great video.

Your are delicious Simon ! (La Plata, Argentina)

Enjoyed this one though the wife wasn't impressed (she has pet rabbits) looked a nice spot for a paddle.

Oh no Simon, I noticed that you are wearing a life vest but what about the poor dog.... you'll have the RSPCA down on you mate...lol